lamb

B1 Topic:Animals

US /læm/ See IPA manual

Homophones

lam /læm/

Freq #4073

Meanings

1

noun
A young sheep.

In spring the fields are full of newborn lambs.
2

noun
The meat of a young sheep, eaten as food.

We had roast lamb with mint sauce for dinner.
3

noun
A gentle, mild person who is easily led.

She was as quiet and obedient as a lamb.
4

verb
(Of a sheep) to give birth to a lamb.

The ewe lambed early one cold morning.

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Synonyms

3 noun · a gentle, mild person who... sheep

Word family

Forms lambedlambinglambs

Derived forms baa-lambbar-lambin-lamblamb-alelambchoplamberlambethlambfoldlambhoodlambielambinesslambing

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roast lamb
lamb cooked with dry heat, typically in an oven

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Proverbs (4)

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Etymology

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

lamb Old English *lamb Proto-West Germanic *lambaz Proto-Germanic *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Animals

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# lamb

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /læm/
**Frequency rank:** 4073

## Meanings
1. A young sheep.
2. The meat of a young sheep, eaten as food.
3. A gentle, mild person who is easily led.
4. (Of a sheep) to give birth to a lamb.

## Examples
- In spring the fields are full of newborn lambs.
- We had roast lamb with mint sauce for dinner.
- She was as quiet and obedient as a lamb.
- The ewe lambed early one cold morning.

## Derived Forms
- baa-lamb
- bar-lamb
- in-lamb
- lamb-ale
- lambchop
- lamber
- lambeth
- lambfold
- lambhood
- lambie
- lambiness
- lambing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lamb
- Root: *lamb
- Root: *lambaz
- Root: *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos

## Etymology
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

## AI Etymology
Lamb comes from Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

## Topics
- Animals

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